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PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 30.79 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India administered 60.73 lakh vaccine doses in last 24 hours
- India reports 51,667 new cases in last 24 hours
- India's Active Caseload declines to 6,12,868
- 2,91,28,267 Total Recoveries across the country so far
- 64,527 patients recovered during last 24 hours
- Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 43rd consecutive day
- Recovery Rate increases to 96.66%
- Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.00%
- Daily positivity rate at 2.98%, less than 5% for 18 consecutive days
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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
COVID-19 Update
- India reports 51,667 new cases in last 24 hours
- India's Active Caseload declines to 6,12,868
- 2,91,28,267 Total Recoveries across the country so far
- 64,527 patients recovered during last 24 hours
- Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 43rd consecutive day
- Recovery Rate increases to 96.66%
- Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.00%
- Daily positivity rate at 2.98%, less than 5% for 18 consecutive days
COVID-19 Vaccination Update
More than 30.54 crore  vaccine doses have been provided by Government of India to States/UTs so far, through Government of India  and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 29,04,04,264 doses .
More than 1.50 crore  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 47,00,000 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1730208
COVID19 Vaccination: Myths Vs. Facts
- COVID-19 vaccines do not cause infertility
- Most people do not face any side-effect after COVID vaccination but it does not mean that vaccines are not efficient
- “At least six different types of COVID-19 vaccine to be available in India soon, we expect to procure 30-35 crore doses in a month, will enable to vaccinate 1 crore persons in a day”
- Common Questions on COVID-19 Vaccination answered by Dr. N.K. Arora, Chairman, Working Group on COVID-19 in NTAGI
We are soon going to have the world’s first DNA-plasmid vaccine by Zydus Cadilla which has been Made in India. The other vaccine that we can expect soon is Biological E – a protein sub-unit vaccine, informs Dr. Narendra Kumar Arora, Chairman of COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization . He further informs that the trials of these vaccines have been quite encouraging. “We are hopeful that this vaccine will be available by September. The Indian m-RNA vaccine which can be stored at temperature 2 - 8 Degree Celsius should also be available by September. Two other vaccines namely Novavax by Serum Institute of India and Johnson & Johnson may also be expected soon. By the third week of July, the production capacity of Bharat Biotech and SII are going to be increased phenomenally. This will enhance the vaccine supply in the country. By August, we expect to procure 30-35 crore doses in a month”. Dr. Arora says that this will enable us to vaccinate one crore persons in a day.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1730219
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan along with the Chief Minister, MP Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurate COVID Care facility in Mandla
Union Minister of Steel and Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, along with the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, today inaugurated COVID Care facility in Mandla district. Union Minister of State for Steel Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste and the MP Public Health and family welfare minister Dr Prabhuram Choudhary were also present in the event.
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730334
Minister of State for Education Shri Sanjay Dhotre launches the Rapid Antigen Test Kit for COVID-19 developed by IIT Delhi
Minister of State for Education Shri Sanjay Dhotre launched a Rapid Antigen Test kit for COVID-19 developed by IIT Delhi today. The Rapid Antigen Test kit has been developed by the IIT Delhi researchers led by Dr. Harpal Singh, professor at the Institute’s Centre for Biomedical Engineering. Congratulating the IIT Delhi researchers and their manufacturing partners on the launch of the test kit, MoS, Shri Sanjay Dhotre said, “I am confident that this technology will revolutionize the Covid test availability in the country. I am glad to know that the kit has been developed entirely using the internal resources at IIT Delhi.”
Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730283
Inputs from PIB Field Units
Kerala: Nearly three villages in Kerala have been put under lockdown after agenome sequencing study detected the presence of the highly infectious Delta Plusvariant in some Covid-19 patients. One case was reported fromPathanamitta and two others from Palakkad district. Apart from cordoning off theaffected areas and RT-PCR tests of the residents, containment measures in thedistricts including preventing crowds and intermingling of people, widespread testing,prompt tracing as well as vaccine coverage of the local population is being done on apriority basis. Meanwhile, the state recorded 12,078 new Covid cases yesterday. With 136 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 12,581. Test positivity rate wasrecorded at 10.37. So far a total of 1,31,20,886 people have been vaccinated in thestate. Out of this, 1,02,93,156 have taken first dose and 28,27,730 second dose.
Tamil Nadu: TN Chief Minister MK Stalin announces setting up of Special Clinics inall Government Medical College Hospitals with specialists to address post Covid-19complications. TN schools have been asked to be kept ready for the resumption ofacademic activities once normalcy is restored. With Covid-19 cases steadily comingdown in Chennai and its suburbs, Southern Railway has allowed more categories ofcommuters to travel in suburban trains starting today. State Health Minister MaSubramanian has said even if two people were tested positive for Delta Plus variantin a particular place, the whole area would be declared as restricted zone. TNrecorded a further decline in Covid cases by recording 6,162 new infections and 155more deaths on Thursday. The total death toll now is 31,901 and the active casesdipped below the 50K mark to 49,845. Around 4.32 lakh persons received Covidvaccines in the State yesterday. A village called Kaattur in Tiruvarur district of TNhas achieved 100 per cent vaccination. A total of 1,39,88,481 people have so farbeen vaccinated in TN. Out of this, 1,16,13,983 took first dose and 23,74,498 tooksecond dose. Similarly in Puducherry UT, a total of 4,61,886 people have so farbeen vaccinated. Out of this, 4,01,601 took first dose and 60,285 took second dose.
Karnataka: As per the State Government bulletin released for 24-06-2021, NewCases Reported: 3,979; Total Active Cases: 1,10,523; New Covid Deaths: 138; TotalCovid Deaths: 34,425. Around 2,89,581 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of2,07,72,477 have been vaccinated in the state till now. The state government hasannounced a tax exemption for hotel, resort, restaurant and amusement parks thathave suffered financial losses due to Corona. These will only pay 50 per cent of theproperty tax in the year 2021-22 and remaining 50 per cent is exempted. In the statecapital, more than 25% of young people have been vaccinated. The vaccine campaign has been active in those over the age of45 as well. Because of the availability of skilled manpower and favourable businessand regulatory environment, Karnataka remained a favourite destination forinvestment even during Covid period.
Andhra Pradesh: State reported 4981 new Covid-19 cases after testing 88,622samples with 38 deaths, while 6464 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Totalcases: 18,67,017; Active cases: 49,683; Discharges: 18,04,844; Deaths: 12,490. Atotal of 1,43,51,320 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state ason yesterday, which include 1,15,34,623 first doses and 28,16,697 second doses.The State has decided to cancel Tenth and Intermediate board exams following theSupreme Court’s direction on Thursday that all state boards should develop internalassessment criteria and declare results before July 31. A UNICEF delegation hascalled on Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and handed over 240 oxygenconcentrators on behalf of UNICEF and 25 concentrators and N-95 masks worth Rs50 lakh on behalf of Grace Cancer Foundation for treatment of Covid patients.
Telangana: A total of 1088 new cases and 9 fatalities were reported yesterdaytaking the total number of positive cases in the state to 6,17,776 and fatalities to3607. The recovery rate in the state is reported to be 96.82 percent against thenational average of 96.58 percent. The numberof Active Cases in the state now stands at 16,030. Coming to vaccination drive in thestate, a total of 1,98,118 people of all categories received first dose and 13,034second dose in the state yesterday. Now, the cumulative number of people who receivedfirst dose in the state stand at 82,59,416 and second dose at 16,03,580.
Maharashtra: With the addition of 9,844 new COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra on Thursday, the state's cumulative infection count crossed the grim milestone of 60 lakh, while 197 patients succumbed to the infection. The state's total caseload now stands at 60,07,431. With 197 more deaths, the fatality count reached 1,19,859. Out of it, 149 deaths occurred in the last 48 hours and 48 in the last week. The state had crossed the 59-lakh case mark on June 13. The state's COVID-19 recovery rate is now at 95.93 per cent, while the case fatality rate has increased and reached 2 per cent. The number of active cases stands at 1,21,767.
Gujarat:Gujarat on Thursday registered 129 new COVID-19 cases and just two deaths, while 507 patients recovered from the infection. With the addition of 129 cases, the coronavirus tally in the state rose to 8,22,887. One patient each succumbed to the infection in Ahmedabad and Junagadh during the day, taking the death toll to 10,042. As many as 507 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, pushing the count of recoveries to 8,08,418. The COVID-19 recovery rate currently stands at 98.24 per cent. Gujarat now has 4,427 active cases, of which, 51 patients are on ventilator.A total of 2,39,02,371 people have been vaccinated so far in the state. During the day, 4.44 lakh eligible people received coronavirus vaccines.
Rajasthan: Rajasthan, on Thursday, registered zero deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The entire state registered 147 new active cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours out of which 14 cases were from the state capital Jaipur. As against that, 306 patients of Covid-19 recovered from the disease in the same period.On Thursday, eight out of thirty-three districts in the state recorded zero new active coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period.
Madhya Pradesh:Madhya Pradesh once again administered the highest number of vaccine in the country in a single day. The state administered 11,17,277 doses of vaccine on Thursday. 23 districts recorded over 100 per cent vaccination.]Madhya Pradesh on Thursday added 62 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 fresh deaths, pushing its infection tally to 7,89,561 and the toll to 8,849. Of total 52 districts in the state, 31 districts did not record any new coronavirus case in the last 24 hours. A total of 255 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries in Madhya Pradesh to 7,79,432. The number of active cases in the state stands at 1,280.
Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has appealed to people to be vigilant in view of the increasing cases of delta plus variant of coronavirus in the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.Along with this, the Chief Minister has given instructions to keep strict monitoring on the movement on the inter-state borders. Till now not a single case of the Delta Plus variant has been reported in Chhattisgarh.Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 9,92,391 on Thursday with addition of 317 cases, while the death toll mounted by eight to 13,415. The number of recoveries reached 9,71,662 after a total of 81 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 524 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 7,314.
Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 229 and reached 1,65,426 on Thursday, while 258 more people recovered from the infection. The death toll rose to 3,022 as nine more patients succumbed to the infection during the day. The number of recovered cases in the state rose to 1,59,677 after 258 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases is now 2,727.
Assam:A total of 34 Covid deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 2,781 new infections were detected in 1,24,019 tests done during the day. Around 65 lakh people have been inoculated with one or both the COVID-19 vaccine doses in the state, and the government has the target of vaccinating 1.35 crore. The government hopes to achieve this target in 45 days.Informing that a fresh SOP for Covid related restrictions would be announced on Saturday, CM HimantaBiswaSarma said that as many as 220 hotspots of COVID-19 have been identified in 15 districts of the state.
Manipur:State reports 11 deaths, 549 new positive cases. Nearly 6 lakh vaccinated in Manipur. CM says Steps have been taken up to curb Delta variant, third wave.
Meghalaya: The East Khasi Hills district administration on Thursday issued an order directing that all shops prior to opening will place a prominent sign/poster indicating the COVID vaccination status of proprietors, shopkeepers and staff on the shop premises.Meghalaya on Thursday reported 420 new COVID-19 cases and ten deaths taking the number of fatalities past the 800-mark to 807. The number of recoveries on the day dipped to 298.
Sikkim: Sikkim reported 92 newpositive cases, 198 recoveriesand two Covid -19 relatedcasualties during the last 24hours. The totalcaseload and active casesstand at 19681 and 2282respectively as of today. Withtwo new casualties, death tollas reached 298 while 16850
patients have recovered so far.The state recorded dailypositivity and recovery rateof 14.1% and 85.6%respectively.
Tripura:State inoculates more than 23 lakhs people in total with 43,145 people being vaccinated in the last 24 hours.There have been 2 fatalities and 359 people have tested positive in the past 24 hours.
NAGALAND: Nagaland reports 88 new cases and 2 deaths on Thursday. Active cases are 1308 while total rises to 24,629.Khensa village in Mokokchung district too has achieved 100% vaccination status. 313 eligible persons took the first jab on June 17 while the rest 255 were inoculated on June 22 completing the cent percent figure.
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